Rough Trade Essential: '90s Dream Pop
Perfect for quiet nights and rainy mornings, dream pop is essential listening for the inward-looking. A strand of alternative rock defined by its atmospheric soundscape, it…
Album Of The Month - April 2022
Jack White - Fear of the Dawn Third Man A hot boiling pot of industrial-flavoured guitars, bluesy rhythms, frenetic energy and hip hop beats, the iconoclastic…
Rough Trade Essential
The most influential, seminal and timeless releases, transforming the boundaries of genre, paving the way for artists to come. Rough Trade Essential. The title awarded to…
Recounting: Never Let Me Go by Placebo
"As soon as the record comes out, the listener will make of each song what they want, and that is absolutely fine, as the music…
Shoplifting with The Mysterines
"The Velvet Underground are the best band in the world." For our latest Shoplifting feature, we caught up with Liverpool alt-rockers The Mysterines just…
In Profile: Isaac Hayes' Hot Buttered Soul
“I felt like what I wanted to say, I couldn’t say it in no two minutes and 30 seconds, because I wanted to speak through…
Album Of The Month - March 2022
Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul - Topical Dancer DEEWEE / Because Music Candid but humorous storytelling paired with playful synth concoctions and punk sensibilities. Charlotte Adigéry and…
On The Rise: They Hate Change
The Tampa Bay Anglophiles whose penchant for motley musical mastery we can all relish in. "We make music inspired by dance genres for people that…
Live Events At Rough Trade: What to Expect
Following the recent government announcement that restrictions are to formally ease, as of Monday 28th February we will no longer be asking for any proof of…
On The Rise: Sinead O'Brien
A bona fide creative wunderkind whose ingenuity and artistry surpasses any hint of circumscribed creativity. Recorded at the back end of 2021 in producer-extraordinaire Dan Carey&…
Shoplifting with Nation Of Language
"For me, this is kind of the quintessential synth record. There is so much ambition and exploration on this record and listening to it always…
Album Of The Month - February 2022
Mitski - Laurel Hell Dead Oceans Produced throughout the isolation of the global pandemic, Laurel Hell provides a soundtrack for transformation, by acknowledging vulnerability and resilience.…
Recounting: Ants From Up There by Black Country, New Road
"When we go through this transition of becoming a slightly different band, you take it one of two ways. You can be scared that people…
Preview: Ten Thousand Apologies
Fat White Family and the Miracle of Failure A music book that barely features any music, a biography as literary as any novel, and a confessional…
On The Rise: Loose Fit
Expel pent-up angst with unashamedly scuzzy beats and a decent dose of boogie. Attitude included. "Our band was officially formed on 3rd November 2017 in…